Hello folks! I hope everyone is recovering from their butter and flour hangovers. I for one renewed my gym membership, and the nagging ache in my bad knee that comes along with jogging. Yay?
It's also been an over-the-top week at the day job, so I'm a bit behind in my update, with sincere apologies.
Ok first things first. DISCOUNT! It's that time again when you're invited to save $15 on your next group class when you use the promo code JINGLE15 when you register. It's only good this week, so don't let it blow away on the blustery winter wind.
Thursday's class did not meet because turkey. But I hope you invited Travis to your holiday and practiced picking!
On Saturday in Guitar 1 Rep, we played I Am A Pilgrim out of the songbook. I like that one because I like to sorta shout the "oh god!" part. It's good for golden strumming. We also tackled She Don't Use Jelly by the Flaming Lips. http://youtu.be/cvfxKbpoxRE The chart needed a little triage, so we penciled in a few things. First of all, we'll do the intro part 4x instead of 2, each time it appears in the song. So that's three updates you'll need to make. Also, we need to add an additional set of the split measure/ whole measure chord sequence to the end of each verse. Finally, you can cross out one of the "magazine"s. We'll just say it 4x instead of 5. For She Don't Use Jelly, the keyword is "dynamics," which is music-speak
for volume. Play the intro and the instrumental sections loudly (where
the split measures are), and play the verses quiet and gently. In the
split measures, strum ALL the eighth ones. But on the verses, strum the
chord just once on the one, and let it ring until the 4th beat where
you'll hit it again to lead into the next measure. On the measure of A,
do a crescendo--which means start softly and get louder--while you
downstrum all the eighth notes. I tabbed out the solo for you on the board. You can play it along with the video!
And on Sunday in Guitar 4, we finished the timing of the intro on Alison and put that one all together with sparkling results. Remember, in the intro, measures 1, 3, and 4 all go like this: One....and three...
You play the first chord on one, then switch to the second chord on the and of two and stay on it for beat three. That second measure is counted: OneAnd...And...And. Sorta hiccupy.
We also put all the pieces of Pretty in Pink together and I thought it
sounded great! If you haven't worked on the riff parts yet, I humbly
suggest you give them a try (and vice versa if you're eschewing the
chords). You can always follow the dashes if you aren't sure of the counting. There's one for every eightnote. We change chords on the and of two in the split measures, so that's a little different. But it's still the Golden Strum. And in the chorus---POWER CHORDS! Play the root, and the 5th which is located one string over and two frets up. Works anywhere on the low strings! You can add the octave right next to the 5th on the adjacent string at the same fret. Play rock and roll down strums, only snagging those bass strings that you're fretting. http://youtu.be/pqmTMiIMG74
Did anyone else think that her dress at the end of the movie was sort of...anti-climactic?
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